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W. B. MARTIN.-

PEED BOX.

Patented Apr. 7, 1896.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VESLEY B. MARTIN, OF ALLEGHENY, PENNSYLVANIA.

FEED-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 557,590, dated April 7,1896.

Application filed 06%01391 13951 To all whom it may concern-.-

Be it known that I, WEsLEY B. MARTIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Allegheny, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented or discovered new and useful Improvements inFeed-Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

In the accompanying drawings, which make part of this specification,Figure 1 is a perspective of my box open. Fig. 2 is a side view of thesame closed. Fig. 3 is a broken end view showing fastening device, andFig. i is a broken perspective showing box secured to a wagon-pole.

The purpose of my invention, generally stated, is to provide a strongbut light feedbox for wagon-poles.

The box is made detachable from the pole, and can also be neatly andcompactly folded when not in use.

The body of the box I prefer to make of any suitable sheet metal,although other materials may be used. It is practically made in halves 22.

3 is a frame, preferably of iron or steel, which surrounds the outsideend and two sides of each half.

at 4 are depending semicircular clips, either made integral with theframe or attached thereto at the center and sides of the box.

5 is a transverse pin pivoted in the side frames and on which theright-hand half of the box may be folded upon the left-hand half.

6 is a hasp, 7 a staple, and 8 a padlock, (shown only in Fig. 2,) bywhich the halves may be secured when folded.

9 is a handle.

In Fig. 4., 10 is an ordinary wagon-pole, except that it has a rib-piece11 running longitudinally in its forward end, against which the innerends of half-clips 4 4 are seated.

Serial No. 565,107 (No model.)

It will be clear from the foregoing description that the box can berapidly and firmly attached to the pole of a Wagon and will afford amuch better receptacle for feed than the usual nose -bags. When notlonger needed, it can be speedily detached and doubled together.

It may be observed that while the box is held by the gravity of itsparts against the pole with sufficient firmness for all ordinarypurposes, yet it is not rigidly locked thereto. This is a decidedadvantage, for if a horse in feeding, as occasionally happens, shouldget his head beneath the trough he will only double the box together andknock it from the pole closed, spilling only a little of the feed. A boxclamped to the pole would, on the contrary, either break or turn on thepole, spilling its entire contents.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1. A wagon-pole feed-box, madein halves hinged together, said halves being on opposite sides of thepole, and a depending clip on each half of the box, near the end of thebox-hinge, said clips being pressed toward each other, and held inposition against the wagon-pole by the gravity of the box.

2. A wagon-pole feed-box, made in halves hinged together, said halvesbeing on opposite sides of the pole, and a depending clip on each halfof the box, near the end of the box-hinge, said clips being pressedtoward each other, and held in position against a pro jection on theunder side of wagon-pole by the gravity of the box.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 7th day ofOctober, A. D. 1895.

WESLEY B. MARTIN. Vvitnesses:

LUCY DORSEY IAMS, WM. L. PIERCE.

